Sy Cie Rut Lecacod Minibeasts ‘Cheryl Palin: ST 3 1 Minbeasts ‘ 2 inset Bodies 6 share Sa 3 Alcorn 0 5 Baby Minbeass 2 aaa 7 Minibeast Homes 16 8 Spiders 18 9 Problems with Minibeasts 20 10 Usetuminbeasts 22 acts 2 Projects “ Pleure Detonary “6 Ee OXFORD 2 Match. Then write the words. 1 Ithas six legs. It has wings. ~_ It’s black and yellow. ) isan insect. 2 Ithas eight logs thas ata ee. Ws an arachni — 2 itaoesrthave tes he Ithas a shell. It’s a mollusc. 4 It doesn’t have legs. tdoesn’t have a shell, It’s an annelid, 3 Draw and write about two minibeasts. Thisisa | tehas | thas Ws _) wsIntroduction There are millions of different types of ‘minibeast. They can be many different shapes and sizes, Some are very small, some are colorful, and some have lots of legs. They live in different places all over the world! What minibeasts do you know? How many legs does a butterfly have? How many eyes does a spider have? ‘Which minibeast has a home on its back? ep , 6 An exoskeleton can / can't grow. 4 Answer the questions. 1. What color are insects that are not good to eat? ‘They are black. white, and re 3 Circle the correct words. 1 insects G9 / can't use thelr body to hide, 2 Insects want / don’t want other animals to eat them, 3. Some / All insect bodies are camouflaged. 4 An insect that is black, white, and red is / isn’t good to eat. 5 Insects are sometimes / never poisonous. 2 How many parts do most insects have? 3. What are the names of the insect parts? 4 What happens when an exoskeleton is too small? 5. How do insects hide from other animals?Some arthropods are arachnids, Arachnids have eight legs. Scorpions and spiders are arachnids. ‘Some arthropods are myriapods. They have lots of legs. Centipedes and millipedes are myriapods. Centipedes have two legs on each body section. Millipedes have four legs on each body section. ‘Some minibeasts don’t have legs. Snails and. slugs don’t have legs. They are mollusks. Earthworms and leeches don’t have legs. ‘Their bodies have lots of sections. They are annelids. Which minibeasts do you know? oo cm — _D > Goto pages 24-25 for activites. 3 Write People, Insects, or People and insects. 1 insects __ smell with their antennae. 2 touch with their antennae. 3 ___ touch with their hands. 4 taste with their feet. 5 hhear with their legs. 6 ___ see with their eyes. 4. Draw and write about two insects. This isa thas Itean IteanInsects can use their bodies to hide from Find and write the words. birds and other animals. They don’t want Teh the other animals to eat them. This is ealled Goto pages 20-29 oractiies. §— @ 3 Complete the diagram. Then write about the life cycle of a butterfly. caterpillar pupa butterfly wings eggs pupa butterfly caterpillar insect A lays ‘comes out of an egg. The ___grows and it becomes a__ Then a comes out of the ___.. Now it’s an witheed 2 Write true or false. 1. Two queen bees lay the eggs. 2. The workers are male, eu 3 The workers care for the bee larvae, _ 4. Bees make honey from nectar. se 5 Bees keep the honey in honeycombs, Some minibeasts communicate with light. Sa complete tite Char) Fireflies can make light with their abdomen. ‘They live in a hive. They are insects. Male and female firefies flash their lights to They cary leaves. They keep honey in honeycombs. Saas They make honey. They eat fungus, each other They find leaves. They work together in groups. Some minibeasts communicate to give each other information. Bees dance to tell other bees where there is food. Ants touch each FESR REaaED | Leafcutter ants _ other’s antennae or head to give information about food or danger. Honeybees, Leafcutter ants and honeybeesThe babies of some flying insects look like their parents, but they don’t have any wings. Baby grasshoppers don’t have any wings. ‘They grow wings when they get bigger. Some babies are larvae. Beetle, butterfly, and bee babies are larvae. After a few weeks, they become pupae. Then they become insects with wings, like their parents. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly fo! > oumnneain © Write the words. snail dragonfly ant wasp 1 It’s an insect that lives underground, 2 Its larvae live underwater. 3 It carries its home on its back. 4 It makes fantastic nests. Complete the sentences. Paper nests queen larvae saliva Lots of minibeasts make Some wasps make nests from Wasps make the paper from wood and The: wasp lays eggs in the nest. The wasp nest has lots of small rooms for the wasp ‘Answer the questions. 1. Which minibeasts live underground? 2 Where do dragonflies lay their eggs? 3. Where do wasps live?Honeybees work together, too. One queen bbee lays all the eggs. Then the female worker ‘bees care for the bee larvae, They look for food, they make honey from nectar, and they give honey to the bee larvae. They keep the honey in honeycombs inside the hive. ‘The worker bees also clean the hive. > Go to pages 34-35 for activites. ® Complete the chart. RAE Be ay body parts? How many legs? How many feyest jg | tad-sau. aaa hae What food do they eat? What can they make? Draw and write about spiders. Spiders haveLots of minibeasts make nests, Some wasps make nests from wasp paper. They make the paper from wood and saliva. The queen ‘wasp lays eggs in the nest. The nest has lots of small rooms for the wasp larvae. Wasps attack other animals to protect their nest. 5. Find and write the minibeast. It doesn’t eat food crops. Py It doesn't eat clothes. spider It doesn’t eat furniture, mosquito It doesn't have eight legs. It doesn't sting and then die. Wsa__ locust moth 4 Write about minibeasts that you like and don't like, Mike __ because. ke because, 1 don’t ike __ because. | don’t ike __ becauseA spider can only eat liquid food. It bites Write about minibeasts. an animal with a poison that makes the Problems with mi animal liquid inside. Then the spider —They can sting. __ drinks the liquid, Female spiders are often much bigger than male spiders. Good things about minibeasts: Bees give us honey. Can you remember? Which minibeast is it? It tastes with its feet. They communicate with light. It carries its home. It makes nests with wood and saliva, It eats fungus. It carties its baby on its back. The Golden Orb female spider can have a body up to ten times bigger than the male! 1 2 3 4 5 6 Its larvae live underwater. 7 8 Ithas four legs on each section. 9 Itcan only eat liquids. 10 It can give people malaria (Go to pages 38-39 for actives‘Minibeasts can also make people sick. They can bite people and give them diseases, “Mosquitoes can give people a very bad disease called malaria, ‘Some minibeasts make problems for farmers Locusts are a type of grasshopper. They eat ‘a lot of food crops. Other minibeasts make problems in our homes. Some moths eat clothes, and some beetles eat wood. Go to pages 40-1 for activites ‘Write the minibeasts that you can see in your country. Minibeasts Minibeasts In the House in the Park Minibeasts in Water Draw © next to the minibeasts that you like. Write about the minibeasts that you like. Display your work.Earthworms help soil and plants. When. they move through the soil, they let air and t move up nectar ocean parents plant and down, e eee eee o2ke silk, Silkworms make silk cocoons when they become pupae. People use silkworm cocoons to make silk fabric. , Ge a x e s silk smell soil, sound sting poison roots saliva. scientist seeds abe useful! People, animals, and plants all need minibeasts to live. taste tongue touch underground wood > Gotopapes2-43toracivnes. @